One of the Italian papers is certain Max Allegri's going to be managing Spurs next season, their strange prediction continued the next day saying Davide Astori and Ale Matri were top of his shopping list...

#151864 Scottish Football Thread

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By Duffy | On 31 March 2014 - 12:51 PM

I've seen plenty of terrible Hibs sides over the years, but that performance yesterday was absolutely awful.

Aye, a couple of guys I know made the trip to the dark side of the town yesterday and said it was up there with that cup final and the Malmo game as the worst performance they've ever seen from a Hibs side. Can't say Butcher's really helping things, slating the players then making 5/6 changes after each game then slating them again when they lose isn't exactly going to inspire them.

#151552 Barclays Premier League 2013/14

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30 Mar 2014 16:57:59

Can't say I've anything against Spurs but Sherwood comes across as such an arse it's pretty funny watching things falling apart around the halfwit. Think he should have stuck to setting the cones out on the training field...

#151537 Scottish Football Thread

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By Duffy | On 29 March 2014 - 18:26 PM

Hibs could put the final nail in Hearts' SPFL coffin tomorrow.

Just when you think this season can't get any worse

Did anybody really expect us to win?

The way we're going we could have the Edinburgh Derby next season after all...

#150832 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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28 Mar 2014 18:08:12

I've seen a couple of reviews saying it's up there with the first Iron Man film as one of the most enjoyable/watchable Marvel films. The main improvement seems to be Cap himself being a more engaging character rather than a boring lump in a suit.

#150829 Fuck Ken Bates - The Leeds United thread

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28 Mar 2014 18:03:03

Bian was an odd little guy, god knows how he's getting on at Uni...

#150828 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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28 Mar 2014 18:00:49

Aye, I saw that earlier, it doesn't really make sense, he'll be in the same boring league, still in the Champions League but playing in front of 8k who don't really care rather than a packed stadium in Paris.

#150625 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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27 Mar 2014 22:55:55

By Franck | On 27 March 2014 - 03:59 AM

I have driven an automatic ever since I got my licence.

Manual is all about practice and experience though, drive one every day for a year and you won't need to think about the clutch and all that while driving, you'll do it subconsciously.

That said, getting stuck in traffic with a manual is awful, which is why I'd never choose it for a daily driver.

Being stuck in traffic in a manual is no different to every other aspect of driving one, I barely notice what I'm doing in traffic jams these days, it's all second nature.

If you're a poor or unconfident driver I can understand why an automatic would seem a better option but the more you drive a manual the easier it gets, tbh if you're going to do something, do it properly.

If you've just been using an automatic I can understand why you'd hate traffic jams in a manual - automatic's are so easy to drive, you can be doing just about anything and still get around!

Edit: Happy Slashman? Happy, happy happy?

#148545 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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19 Mar 2014 19:40:57

I don't really have time to play anymore, the most I can manage to squeeze in these days are half a dozen games or so on a Sunday when we've no plans.

#148544 Champions League 2013/14

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19 Mar 2014 19:33:31

By Tommo. | On 19 March 2014 - 09:52 AM

There was one Gala fan who all game faced away from the pitch. Occasionally he managed to stand on the barrier without the stewards seeing. Why would you fly all this way to not watch the game

There were a few of them, their job's to coordinate and lead the chants and no doubt they'll do the same week in, week out in the league. I'm sure they see missing most of the game as being part of the role they played. I can't be bothered looking it up bit either In Bed With Maradona or The Blizzard had an interview with a Dortmund fan who led their chants.

Edit: pretty sure it was IBWM now I think about it, may have been in the Subculture section...

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17 Mar 2014 22:19:50

Aye, it seemed to happen quite quickly, the place got quieter as the Christmas hols got nearer, and in the new year it never really recovered.

#144458 Europa League 2013/2014

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By Jonas | On 27 February 2014 - 21:31 PM

Lazio, Ajax, Shakhtar Donetsk crashing out to Ludogrets, RB Salzburg and Viktoria Plzen respectively shows how little those clubs care about the Europa League or... ?

Dunno about the rest but we actually tried. Ludogrets aren't a bad side, they won a group containing PSV and Dinamo Zagreb without losing a game. We were dreadful in Italy and deserved to lose but tonight we were much better than them but conceded 3 laughable goals, the whole ball didn't cross the line on the second...

#144198 The Italian Football Thread

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26 Feb 2014 19:52:04

They recently extended their shirt sponsorship deal for another year, guess that's their way of making it official...

#143162 Europa League 2013/2014

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21 Feb 2014 18:18:02

Napoli's reserve keeper tore his ACL during their game with Swansea last night, hope the f*ckwits commenting on the game are suitably embarrassed after going on and on about how he was faking and wasting time.

#140509 The Italian Football Thread

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By Jonas | On 10 February 2014 - 07:21 AM

Watching the game felt like sleeping, so you didn't miss much.

It's never a great match for the neutral fan, the pressure in Rome is unlike anything in Italy and most cities in Europe, the total media saturation, fan involvement etc make it a nightmare for the players, the fact a guy with Klose's experience took a day off to get out the city says it all really.

Yesterday was especially bad, first draw in 6 years and first 0-0 in almost 25. We didn't even have any fights or red cards! Reja wanted a draw and got just that. Personally we more than matched Roma in the first half and really should have pushed on after the break rather than sitting back, gifting them the ball and hoping for the best.

Oh aye, Pogba's just about to sign a new deal which takes his wages up to €4m or so per year till 2018. If Juve do sell it'll be on their terms and I can only see the likes of Real and PSG stumping up the €70m asking price.

#140033 The Italian Football Thread

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08 Feb 2014 23:27:08

It wasn't racial abuse, I think he was whistled when he was subbed but the Napoli fans always to that to players they hate, and they hate loads. He also played dreadfully. Still "Balotelli plays poorly - cries when subbed" doesn't get as many hits as nonsense about rascist abuse.

Seedorf also memtioned he's had a tough week, finding out he's a dad and all.

#139818 The Italian Football Thread

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08 Feb 2014 10:30:31

Prandelli's said he'll watch him in China but to be honest given his age and the competition for places his chances of going to Brazil weren't that great to begin with. Shame he left the move so late, Bologna get €9m but can't do anything with it, plus their really struggling this season, his move could have doomed them.

From a personal point of view the move makes sense, he'll triple his wages and his wife's parents are Chinese so it's not like he's moving to a totally random country, they probably had plans to live there sometime and this chance came up when Biabany's move to Guangzhou Evergrande broke down.

#139657 Old Trafford Lounge

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07 Feb 2014 17:11:51

He'll soon get found out in Italy if he carries his recent form over to Inter.

#138220 The Lower League Thread

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01 Feb 2014 00:47:31

Love it, Leeds potentially getting an Italian owner so the fans grow a pair and protest in true Italian style.

For those that don't know Cellino's the nutjob that owns Cagliari. In the last couple of seasons he's illegally built a stadium, spent time in jail as a result and sent his team to play in Trieste, pretty much as far from Cagliari as it's possible to get without leaving Italy.

#138218 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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By Sam | On 31 January 2014 - 20:46 PM

He definitely has the talent, I haven't seen enough of him to see his consistency.

How much did Lazio get for him?

Between €15m and €20m, it differs from source to source but taking away the add-on's it's looking like €16m.

He had 18 months left on his contract and kept saying he wanted to wait till after the World Cup before deciding his future, by then we'd have been lucky to get more than €7m/€8m so we kinda had to sell now.

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By Sam | On 31 January 2014 - 19:48 PM

I have been keeping an eye on him, always been a fan of him, 40 goals is not bad and his performances in some of the Coppa Italia games last season were pretty good.

Then again you'd know more about him than me!

That's the most frustrating thing, he cracks off a goal every few games and does have good matches here and there but he's never been able to maintain a consistant level week in week out.

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By Sam | On 31 January 2014 - 16:48 PM

Fantastic.

Hernanes is on his way to Inter, a great signing for them.

Interesting how people who see the odd Hernanes game here and there or just read stats seem to rate him. After watching him week in week out since he signed I can confidently say he's been poor for over a year now and his often spectacular goals cover the fact he really doesn't do much most of the time.

I'm interested to see how he gets on at Inter. With Lazio he was the creative hub of the midfield and wasn't nearly up to the task, with the Brazilian national side he had much better players around him so kept things simple, retaining possession, moving into space and drifting forward when needed.

As for the Klose deal, it was never on. There's been nothing in the Italian media and given the saturation in Rome if there had been a grain of truth they'd have picked up on it.

#137928 The Italian Football Thread

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Nocerino could do a job for them in his limited way, but I'm not sure about Borriello, his record at Genoa wasn't terrible last year but he's not really played this season, add in adapting to a new league with a struggling side and I can't really see him getting up to an effective level quick enough to have a real impact.

Now I've said all that he'll no doubt score in his first game...

#137918 The Susie Book Club

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By Franck | On 12 January 2014 - 03:06 AM

Felt that I haven't been reading enough lately so I decided I was going to read more books this year as a new years resolution of sorts.

Started off on Friday by picking up Irvine Welsh's Skagboys. Gotten about a third of the way through. It's much closer to the brilliance of Trainspotting than Porno was.

Have you read Last Exit to Brooklyn Franck? If you like Irvine Welsh's stuff it's worth a try, Hubert Selby was a massive influence on Welsh, especially when he was writing Trainspotting.

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By Telegram Sam | On 30 January 2014 - 22:11 PM

Rumours now that we want Klose.

Hibee, you're a Lazio fan right? Any chance of this happening? Is he still good?

He's good on his day but not really up to playing week in week out. He'd be an ideal stop-gap for you guys till summer.

Over the last couple of days we've sold Sergio Floccari to Sassuolo and brought in the remains of Helder Postiga on loan. Now a lot of Lazio fans are worried that Postiga's a replacement for Klose and our young forwards will get more playing time with Floccari gone.

Personally I can't see it happening, Postiga's already played in the Europa League and apart from Klose our forwards are 20 and 18. Plus, it looks like Hernanes is off to Inter, on the back of which 500 fans decended on the training ground to thank him and see him off (he was in tears by the end) then they demanded a meeting with Igli Tare, our sporting director. If Klose left too I'd hate to think what they'd do...

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Pretty sure it was Pirlo that said he improved his free kicks by simply copying what Juninho did. For me he's up there with Mihajlovic as the best I've seen.

#137911 The Italian Football Thread

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That wasn't a dig btw, just found it amusing how bad the writing was, especially the stupid decision to shoehorn Calciopoli into it...

Personally I find it sad they took the easy way out, instead of confronting the absurd power ultra have in the south they punished a club that clearly didn't know what to do for the best or who to go to for help.

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By King Luis | On 30 January 2014 - 21:16 PM

AC Milan are the European equivalent of going to an MLS club nowadays, they're a complete joke

Aye, they had a golden opportunity to rebuild with the Ibra/Silva money but blew it on mediocre players on huge wages, I mean Mexes on €4m a year... Still, Seedorf seems determined to clear out Allegri's rubbish like Constant, Muntari, Nocerino etc and in addition to short term fixes like Taaarabt and Essien their reportedly close to signing Jonathan Biabiany, a right-winger who'll really add something to their midfield.